Background
Smalls, James was born on April 15, 1958 in NNYU, New York, United States. Son of Dorothy Louise Colter and James Williams.
Smalls, James was born on April 15, 1958 in NNYU, New York, United States. Son of Dorothy Louise Colter and James Williams.
Bachelor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1981. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1991.
Assistant professor art history Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1991. Associate professor art history and theory University Maryland, Baltimore, since 1999.
Board member Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, New York, New York, 1995—1997. Director Rutgers University Art History Summer in Paris Program, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1994—1997. Member of 19th-Century Art Worldwide (editorial board member 2000-2007), Aurora: The Journal of the History of Art (associate.
Advisory board member 2000-2007), Semiotic Society of America (associate).
Life partner Emmanuel Keravec, October 7, 2004.